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2016 TASH Conference

Each year, the TASH Conference strengthens the disability field by connecting attendees to innovative information and resources, facilitating connections between stakeholders within the disability movement, and helping attendees reignite their passion for an inclusive world. This year’s conference theme, “Gateway to Equity,” explores inclusive communities, schools, and workplaces that support people with disabilities, including those with complex support needs, in living a fair, just, and balanced life. Return to TASH website.

Molly K. Rearick

IGNITE Collective, Inc.
Founder & Executive Director
Los Angeles, California

https://ignitefutures.org

communication, AAC, transition, adult supports, inclusive education

2:30pm CST

Call to Action: Communication AccessLIMITED Grand D Darkness to Light: Presuming CompetenceLIMITED Grand D Diagnosis Disruption: Debunking the myths of non-verbal autismLIMITED Grand D Happiness: Fulfilling Life's Destiny Through Gainful Employment and Real Community IntegrationLIMITED Grand D Shifting Paradigms: Nonspeaking Does Not Equal NonthinkingLIMITED Grand D Silencing the SilentLIMITED Grand D Stop Making Assumptions of IgnoranceLIMITED Grand D The Value of Communication: A Non-verbal Autistic's PerspectiveLIMITED Grand D

4:30pm CST

A Couples Therapy Framework for Adult Couples with an Intellectual DisabilityLIMITED Grand F A Young Adult's Journey to Community and Leisure InvolvementLIMITED Grand F Aided AAC Modeling to Promote Expressive Communication: Findings, Implications, and Future DirectionsLIMITED Grand F Building State Capacity for Communication: A Case StudyLIMITED Grand F Functional Communication Training and Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Meta-AnalysisLIMITED Grand F Opening Doors to Inclusion for Nonspeaking Autistic Students through Creative CollaborationLIMITED Grand F People who use AAC, Relationships, and SexualityLIMITED Grand F Students with Learning Disabilities: The Importance of Professional Development Opportunities in Postsecondary EducationLIMITED Grand F Using Peer Supports in Work Based Settings for Students with Significant DisabilitiesLIMITED Grand F

5:30pm CST

TASH Awards and Opening ReceptionLIMITED Exhibit Hall

8:20am CST

A Team Approach to Real Community InclusionLIMITED Regency C Creative InclusivenessLIMITED Grand C Inclusion in Postsecondary Education through Supports Available to AllLIMITED Illinois Central Qualitative Research on Supporting Students with Complex Communication Needs: A Meta-synthesisLIMITED Conductor Room

9:20am CST

About a Boy, AAC, and Grown-ups: A Mixed Methods StudyLIMITED Midway Suites III Building a Culturally Responsive Framework for Students with Intellectual Disability to Increase Postsecondary OutcomesLIMITED Grand A Creating Rigorous, Inclusive, Academic Lessons: Don't You Dare Dumb It Down!LIMITED Missouri Pacific Effective Employment Support - Findings From Interviews With Support ProfessionalsLIMITED Conductor Room

10:20am CST

Art Inspired Academy - Changing Lives through the Creative ArtsLIMITED Illinois Central Self Determination and Planning your own LifeLIMITED Conductor Room What Pre-service Teachers Learn About Disabilities From Inclusion LiteratureLIMITED Midway Suites II

11:20am CST

Opening General Session- Gateway to Equity I Grand F&E

1:30pm CST

Cultivating Potential: Discovering What Is PossibleLIMITED Grand B Desperately Seeking InclusionLIMITED Grand A Mobile technologies as a ateway to independence and social connectionLIMITED New York Central Naturally-Occurring Interactions of Elementary Students With Complex Communication Needs Across School SettingsLIMITED Wabash Cannonball What are the Essential Elements of Inclusive Education Necessary for Educator Preparation?LIMITED Grand C

2:30pm CST

Socio-sexual education for individuals having ASD: Here's what I want you to know...LIMITED New York Central Supported Decision-Making and Alternatives to GuardianshipLIMITED Regency C Teaching Emotional Regulation: Critical skills for Independent LearningLIMITED Midway Suites II The Importance of Belonging, Relationships, and Learning with Each OtherLIMITED Missouri Pacific

3:30pm CST

I Never Gave Guardianship Much Though': Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Presume CompetenceLIMITED Illinois Central Turning Anger into ArtLIMITED Missouri Pacific Using Peer Intervention to Improve Conversational Reciprocity of Ÿ??Dominant TalkersŸ? with AutismLIMITED Station Master Room

4:30pm CST

Early Career Researcher Network Meeting and Social Hour Grand A

7:00am CST

Association Breakfast and State of TASH Regency C

8:20am CST

Campus Connect: Dual Enrollment Post-Secondary program for students with Intellectual Disabilities (Madison College, Wisconsin)LIMITED Grand C Communication in the Classroom Ÿ?? Things SLPs Know That Teachers and Parents ReinforceLIMITED Regency B What's The Problem?: Problematizing Classroom Environments to Create Truly Inclusive Classroom CommunitiesLIMITED Midway Suites IV

9:20am CST

Equity Achieved Through Learning Standards-Aligned Content: Knowledge for ALLLIMITED Station Master Room From Workshop to Work: Video Case Studies of the Journey through DiscoveryLIMITED Grand B

10:20am CST

Intelligence Magnified Through Communication, Inclusion, and EducationLIMITED Missouri Pacific Mapping communicative support: Documentation of augmentative and alternative communication services in IEPsLIMITED Midway Suites II Using the prompt hierarchy and fading to teach typing for the purpose of communicating to people who don't yet use words to speakLIMITED Jeffersonian/Knickerbocker

11:20am CST

Closing General Session- Gateway to Equity II Grand F&E

1:30pm CST

Promoting Inclusion and Communication: Peer-Mediated Approaches for Students who Use Aided AACLIMITED Illinois Central Self-Advocates' Lives Matter: Transforming Rhetoric into ActionLIMITED Midway Suites II

2:30pm CST

Let's Be Real! It's not about boundaries; it's about relationships. Frisco/Burlington Statewide Initiatives to Improve CommunicationLIMITED Jeffersonian/Knickerbocker Supporting Youth in Transition to Independent LivingLIMITED Station Master Room The Power of ePortfolios: Understanding how student-directed websites serve as a powerful communication toolLIMITED Illinois Central The Relationship Between Quality of Staff and Quality of LifeLIMITED Grand C The Right to Write: Even if I CanŸ??t Hold a PencilLIMITED Conductor Room The Transition to Increased Inclusion at an Urban Elementary SchoolLIMITED Midway Suites II

3:30pm CST

CANCELLED Communicating our message:Making the case for community livingLIMITED Station Master Room Valuing Lives: Wolf Wolfensberger and the Principle of Normalization Ÿ?? Inclusive Leadership NeededLIMITED Missouri Pacific We're in College! Our Experience in TransitionLIMITED Midway Suites II Who Helps? Characteristics and Correlates of Informal Supporters to Adults with DisabilitiesLIMITED Regency A

4:30pm CST

Farewell Reception TBA